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US 2017/0320525 A1Published application
Grill Assembly and Method of Assembly Thereof
OwnerDavid R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall +3inventors
InventorsDavid R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Eric Magleby
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Abstract
Several grill assemblies and methods for assembling the same are claimed and disclosed. In one embodiment, the assembly includes slotted panels with a single deformable wall to fix the slotted panels together. In another embodiment, slotted panels are fixed together using two deformable walls, one deformed subsequently after the other. The general shape of panels and grill assemblies is disclosed. Features of grill assembly members used to mount the grill to separate structural frame members and mount separate assemblies to the grill assembly are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method of assembling a grill assembly comprising:
- providing a plurality of first panels each comprising a plurality of first slots and a plurality of second slots, the plurality of first slots having a different depth than the depth of the plurality of second slots, the plurality of first slots and the plurality of second slots extending inwards from opposed sides and sharing an inline longitudinal axis;
- providing a plurality of second panels comprising a plurality of third slots and a plurality of fourth slots, the plurality of third slots extending a depth from a side of the plurality of second panels, the plurality of fourth slots being adjacent to the plurality of third slots and extending a lesser depth than the plurality of third slots, and the third slots and the fourth slots being separated by a first deformable wall comprising a first groove;
- inserting the first slots of the first panels into the third slots of the second panels;
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- deforming the first deformable wall such that the plurality of first panels and the plurality of second panels are fixed in position relative to one another.
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A grill assembly comprising:
- a plurality of first panels each comprising a plurality of first slots and a plurality of second slots, the plurality of first slots having a different depth than the depth of the plurality of second slots;
- the plurality of first slots and the plurality of second slots extending inwards from opposed sides of the first panels and sharing an inline longitudinal axis;
- a plurality of second panels comprising a plurality of third slots and a plurality of fourth slots;
- the plurality of third slots extending a depth from a side of the plurality of second panels;
- the plurality of fourth slots being adjacent to the plurality of third slots and extending a lesser depth than the plurality of third slots;
- the third slots and the fourth slots being separated by a first deformable wall comprising a first groove, and wherein
- the first slots of the first panels are inserted into the third slots of the second panels and fixed in place by deformation of the first deformable walls at the first grooves.
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A method of assembling a grill assembly comprising:
- providing a plurality of first panels each comprising a plurality of first slots and a plurality of second slots, the plurality of first slots having a different depth than the depth of the plurality of second slots, the plurality of first slots and the plurality of second slots extending inwards from opposed sides and sharing an inline longitudinal axis;
- providing a plurality of second panels comprising a plurality of third slots and a plurality of fourth slots, the plurality of third slots extending a depth from a side of the plurality of second panels, the plurality of fourth slots being adjacent to the plurality of third slots and extending a lesser depth than the plurality of third slots, the third slots and the fourth slots being separated by a first deformable wall comprising a first groove, the first deformable wall having a chamfer at its corner nearest the fourth slot, the plurality of third slots further comprising fifth slots offset from an edge of the plurality of second panels and forming a second deformable wall comprising a second groove, the fifth slots being shaped such that when the first deformable wall is in a deformed state the fifth slots fit the shape of at least part of the first deformable walls;
- inserting the first slots of the first panels into the third slots of the second panels;
- deforming the first deformable walls into intersections of the first slots of the first panels and the third slots of the second panels and further into the fifth slots of the second panels;
- deforming the second deformable walls into the fifth slots until the second deformable walls come into contact with the chamfer of the first deformable walls.
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